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Everybody Hurts by R.E.M.

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[INTRO]
  G        
G:--------|--------|--------|--------|
D:0---0---|--------|0---0---|--------|
A:--------|--------|--------|--------|
E:--------|3---3---|--------|3---3---|

[VERSE]
  G   
      When your day is long     and the night     the night is yours alone
  G
      When you're sure you've had enough    of this life     well hang on

  G        
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D:0---0---|--------|0---0---|--------|0---0---|--------|0---0---|--------|
A:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
E:--------|3---3---|--------|3---3---|--------|3---3---|--------|3---3-2-|

[CHORUS]
  A       
     Don't let yourself go         Everybody cries
  G   
     Everybody hurts       sometimes

G
G:--------|---------|--------|---------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D:----22-4|--------0|2---22-4|--------0|2---22-4|--------|0---00-0|--------|
A:---2----|0--00--2-|---2----|0--00--2-|---2----|0--00   |---0----|-------0|
E:0-------|---------|--------|---------|--------|--------|--------|3--33---|

[VERSE]
                           D       
  Sometimes everything is wrong            Now it's time to sing along
                          G
  When your day is night alone            If you feel like letting go
                    (hold on)  (hold on)                     (hold on)
  G
     If you think you've had too much    Of this life,     Well hang on

  |-- Repeat Once --|
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D:|0---00-0|--------||0---00-0|--------|0---00-0|--------|0---00-0|--------|
A:|---0----|-------0||---0----|-------0|---0----|-------0|---0----|--------|
E:|--------|3--33---||--------|3--33---|--------|3--33---|--------|3--33-2-|

[CHORUS]
  A     
       Everybody hurts         Take comfort in your friends
  A
       Everybody hurts 

  A     ~3~   
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D:----22-4|--------0|2---22-4|--------0|2---22-4|---------|
A:---2----|0-000--2-|---2----|0-000--2-|---2----|0-000-0--|
E:0-------|---------|--------|---------|--------|-------43|

[BRIDGE]
  Bm
     Don't throw your hand       Ohhh    Do         Don't throw your hand
  Am
     When you feel like you're alone        No, no, no, you're not alone

  Bm    ~3~   
G:--------|---------|--------|---------|--------|---------|
D:--------|---------|--------|---------|--------|---------|
A:----4-4-|2-222--0-|----4-4-|2-222--0-|----4-4-|2-222-202|
E:2--2----|--------4|2--2----|--------4|2--2----|---------|

  Am
G:--------|---------|--------|--------|
D:--------|---------|--------|--------|
A:3---3-33|-------02|3---3-2-|0--00   |
E:---3----|3-333-3--|---3----|--------|

[VERSE]
  G
     If you're on your own    In this life     The days and nights are long
  G
     When you think you've had too much     Of this life     To hang on

  G        
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[CHORUS]
  A
     Well everybody hurts    Sometimes      Everybody cries   
  G
     Everybody hurts    Sometimes        But everybody hurts    Sometimes

                                                               |-- Repeat Once --|
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D:----22-4|--------0|2---22-4|--------0|2---22-4|--------|----||0---00-0|--------||
A:---2----|0--00--2-|---2----|0--00--2-|---2----|0--00   |----||---0----|-------0||
E:0-------|---------|--------|---------|--------|--------|----||--------|3--33---||
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[CODA]
     G 
  So hold on    Hold on     Hold on    Hold on     Hold on     Hold on
                                                                (Ahhhhhhhhh)
  G      
  Hold on       Hold on    Everybody hurts      
 (Na na na na     na na na na)
  G
  ...                        You are not alone
 (Na na na na     na)
  G

 (Repeat and Fade)
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D:0---00-0|--------|0---00-0|--------|0---00-0|--------|0---00-0|--------|
A:---0----|-------0|---0----|-------0|---0----|-------0|---0----|-------0|
E:--------|3--33---|--------|3--33---|--------|3--33---|--------|3--33---|

Tabbed by Michael Oxner

Everybody Hurts Bass Tab Info

Last Updated: February 17, 2026